pjbooks Chapter 143 Technical Players
Chapter 143 Technical Players
Chapter 144 Technical Players
The next morning, as promised, old Kent arrived at the mine.
He looked to be in his fifties, with a full beard and messy hair. His strangest feature was his red nose, as if it had been frostbitten.
"Who built this road at your mine? It's utter garbage! I could dig it up with my bare hands and it would be better. Look, my car is almost falling apart from all this jostling!"
As soon as Old Kent got out of the car, he started complaining loudly.
A Luo looked embarrassed and said somewhat ashamedly, "I fixed it. I'm sorry, I had just learned how to operate an excavator back then."
"Back then? So, your skills are already quite advanced now?"
Alo lowered his head and said, "It's better than before. If I were to repair it again now, I should be able to fix it well."
Old Kent snorted: "Young man, you seem to be a bit too confident. Judging from the traces of excavation in the mine, you are far from qualified. Even if you were to repair this road now, you would still build a terrible one."
A Luo was so bewildered by his retort that he could only lower his head and remain silent, like a child who had done something wrong and was being criticized by a teacher.
Edward was thoroughly annoyed by his arrogant demeanor and said coldly, "You've been spouting nonsense all this time, aren't you? Trying to inflate your own salary, are you?"
"Hmph! I'm bragging? Look at yourself, you didn't even know to follow the terrain before digging, you just dug randomly, and you didn't know how to cut the soil while digging, which is why there's still a thick layer of soil underneath that you can't dig up—"
He went on and on, pointing at the mining area and belittling their previous work to the point of being utterly worthless.
Zhou Xin listened silently to the whole time, occasionally frowning in deep thought.
He discovered that although old Kent's words were somewhat harsh, the content of his words was very reasonable, and he pointed out many problems incisively.
As a novice mechanic, Alo immediately realized, after a brief explanation from Old Kent, that what he said was true.
"Thank you for your guidance, which has benefited us greatly. I sincerely invite you to be our mine's machinery operator, and I hope you can help us improve the shortcomings in our previous work."
Zhou Xin understood that capable people tend to have a temper, and with such people, as long as you go along with them, they will go along with you.
"No, I need to confirm first that what you said yesterday was true." Old Kent's tone was noticeably more amiable.
"No problem!" Zhou Xin turned to Zhang Jianing and winked, and she immediately returned to the room and took out the gold stored in the safe.
When she opened the wooden box, revealing a small portion of gold inside, old Kent narrowed his eyes.
"Is this all you've gained in the past month?" He asked with a disdainful expression.
"No, we process the harvested gold once a week; this is only about five days' worth of harvest."
Old Kent's expression froze. After a long while, he said with an incredulous look, "Are you serious?"
"Of course it's true. Would we lie like that to keep you here? What good would that do us?" Edward's voice was icy, clearly very annoyed with the guy.
"How is this possible? Were all the previous survey results false?" Old Kent was momentarily stunned.
"The survey results are true, but the survey depth is insufficient. There is indeed not much gold in the surface soil here; a large amount of gold is buried in the deeper soil layers," Zhou Xin told the truth.
"I see." Old Kent suddenly realized, then looked at Zhou Xin and asked, "You knew this from the beginning, which is why you rented this place? But the state government has explicit regulations prohibiting gold prospecting using drilling methods!"
To explore deeper soil layers, drilling is the only way.
However, in order to curb over-exploitation, the Alaskan state government has explicitly prohibited drilling for gold exploration.
If someone conducts unauthorized drilling and exploration and is discovered by the authorities, they will be banned from mining for gold in Alaska for life.
Any normal person who wants to continue this career would never take such a risk.
But how would this kid know there's gold deeper underground in this land if he didn't drill and explore?
Old Kent looked at Zhou Xin with a puzzled expression, wondering if this seemingly honest guy would dare to violate state laws and conduct unauthorized drilling and surveying.
Zhou Xin guessed his doubts and calmly said, "I didn't know there was gold deep underground here beforehand. I just wanted to take a gamble. Fortunately, I won the gamble."
Of course, he wouldn't tell old Kent his secret, so he disguised himself as a daring gambler.
Such gamblers are not uncommon in Alaska; David, who previously imprisoned Edward, was one such gambler.
"You've really opened my eyes!" For the first time, the arrogant old Kent showed an expression of admiration in front of others.
"So, would you like to stay and work at my mine?" Zhou Xin asked with a smile, extending his hand.
Old Kent looked at him, reached out to shake his hand, and said, "I'll just follow along and see how long your damn luck lasts!"
"Shin, this guy's words are too rude. I think you should find someone else!" Edward said, clearly annoyed, really not wanting to work with this guy.
"Hmph, do you think you can order your boss around?" Old Kent retorted sharply.
"What are you saying, you red-nosed monster? I'm just giving the boss a reasonable suggestion!" Edward felt like his lungs were about to explode with anger.
"Who are you calling a red-nosed monster? My nose is red and swollen due to stubborn rhinitis!"
"Your persistent rhinitis looks like it's caused by picking your nose too much!"
"So, what do you think? I love picking my nose, want some?"
"Pfft!" Zhang Jianing couldn't help but laugh out loud.
As the two argued more and more outrageously, Zhou Xin thought to himself that the mine was probably going to be quite a spectacle from now on.
Old Kent went back to get some things and then went straight to the mine to stay.
It must be said that although Kent was sharp-tongued, his skills were indeed superb.
As soon as he started working, he immediately planned the excavation area for filling material and revised the excavation plan.
With the change in the plan, everyone clearly felt that the efficiency of soil excavation had increased significantly.
The one who felt this most deeply was Alo. After studying with Du Bois for a month, he felt that his skill level had reached a high level.
But when Kent arrived, he immediately displayed many techniques that Kent had never imagined, which made Kent admire him greatly.
At first, he was afraid of old Kent's bad temper and dared not ask for his advice, but he soon realized that he was overthinking it. As long as there was any problem or imperfection in his operation, old Kent would immediately point it out loudly.
After this special training-like instruction, Alo once again felt his mechanical operation skills improving rapidly.
The more direct result is that daily gold production has also increased.
Now, the daily output is close to 25 ounces.
This also greatly surprised old Kent. He never imagined that there would be such abundant gold in what everyone considered a barren land.
"It seems that someone who threatens the status of Alaska's gold rush king may be about to emerge," he thought.